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The Balkan Basketball Boom

The Ringer NBA Show

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Why Are So Many Good Basketball Players From the Balkans?

Igor Khokoshkov, an assistant coach with the Nets and former head coach of the Suns, is a Serbian native. He has deep roots in the region's basketball culture. People like Milos Jovanovitch, a journalist based in Belgrade, have also played for Yugoslavia. "It's a small country, and, you know, we have big dreams," he says.

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